Running in my 4th Olympics was one of my most amazing athletic exeriences to date. After enduring a few tough years personally and professionally following Beijing 2008, I managed to qualify for London 2012, in my first marathon in 4 years in Houston (Jan 15th 2012) running 2:28 feeling...
Things change. Last year my wife, Skye, and I were living in South Yarra, Melbourne, happily car free, enjoying the Botanical gardens and local cafe scene and, of course, the proximity to great places to run. Racing again was far from my concerns, being content to just run for...
RT note to readers: The bellow article by Steve had over 20,000 unique views within a month of posting. This is such a great way to promote our sport, by sharing the running journey. Steve you're a legend.
The Power of Self-Belief and the Benefit of Youth Naivety
Confidence and naivety...
Hi Runnerstribe,
I’m back to fill you in on my latest training endeavours.
Since my last blog, I have partaken in what is commonly known as “winter’ or “base” training.
Training kicked off in early May with heart rate controlled 20min jogs. This dampened my initial thoughts of the base training, which...
It has been a breakthrough year in 2011 for Anneliese Rubie as she embarks on a senior career in track and field for Australia. A place on the Australian team for the upcoming World University Games in the women's 400m came on the back of a superb bronze medal...
RT: Jeff, thanks for your time and congrats on selection for the London Olympics marathon. Did the selection come as a surprise?
JH: It was a pleasant surprise. I had hoped that Athletics Australia would pick a full team, but I was never really certain that anyone other than Michael...
It's been a better period in my running than when I last wrote. Last time I was at the end of an 18 month period of lower leg issues. Now I'm healthy and am running well.
I was able to start running in mid November last year and I had...
I will start off talking about the lead up to the season in which I had a lot of interruptions all throughout the winter. It all started when I begun to come back from my break after the 2009 World Cross Country Championships. I was about 2 weeks back...
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Nickname: Em or Brichacek
Career highlight to date: Representing Australia at the World Cross Country Championships (2008 and 2009) also winning my first open national titles in cross country and 10000m (2011/2012)
Favourite distance: 5000m
Running idol: Emil Zatopek and Herb Elloitt
RT: Emily, good run at the Carlsbad 5000m? How was the...
Yes, it has been a long time since my last blog. Blogging is also something that is very uncharacteristic of me, time just seems to always get the better of me and here I am with less than 10 weeks trying to turn things around “pronto” in my aim...
